Editing 228 BC (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Carthage ====
* The [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] general [[Hamilcar Barca]] is killed in a battle in [[Hispania]], ending his lengthy campaign to conquer the [[Iberian Peninsula]] for Carthage. In eight years, by force of arms and diplomacy, he has secured an extensive territory in the [[Iberian Peninsula]], but his death in battle prevents him from completing the conquest. Command of his army in the Iberian Peninsula passes to his son-in-law [[Hasdrubal the Fair|Hasdrubal]].
* Hasdrubal makes immediate policy changes, emphasizing the use of diplomatic rather than military methods for expanding Carthaginian Hispania and dealing with Rome. He founds [[Carthago Nova]] or New Carthage (modern [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]) as his capital city.

==== Asia Minor ====
* King [[Attalus I Soter]] of [[Pergamum]] defeats [[Antiochus Hierax]] (brother of the [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] king [[Seleucus II Callinicus|Seleucus II]]) in three battles and thereby gains control over all the Seleucid domains in [[Anatolia]] except [[Cilicia]] in the southeast.

==== Greece ====
* The [[Illyria]]n queen [[Teuta]]'s governor, [[Demetrius of Pharos]] has little alternative but to surrender to the overwhelming [[Roman Republic|Roman]] force. In return, the Romans award him a considerable part of Teuta's holdings to counter-balance the power of Teuta. Meanwhile, the Roman army lands further north at [[Apollonia, Illyria|Apollonia]]. The combined Roman army and fleet proceed northward together, subduing one town after another and besieging [[Shkodër, Albania|Shkodra]], the Illyrian capital.
* [[Archidamus V]], brother of the murdered [[Sparta]]n King [[Agis IV]], is called back to Sparta by the [[Agiad]] King [[Cleomenes III]], who has no counterpart on the throne by then. However, Archidamus V is assassinated shortly after returning.

==== China ====
* The [[State of Qin]], its armies led by [[Wang Jian (Qin)|Wang Jian]], completes the conquest of the [[State of Zhao]].
* The remnants of the Zhao monarchy form a remnant state in [[Prince of Dai|Dai]].
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